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her, accompanied by his family.
Mr.. Bush is a tall, heavily-built man,
weighing not less than 200 pounds. He IS
less than fifty years old, and yet his hair
and closely cropped full beard are so
white that he looks fully ten years older.
As President of the Bush & Denglow Man
featuring Company, refners and dealers in
oils, his time is fully occupied with busi-
ness cares aud has been constantly for
twenty-five years, but he now believes that
he has earned a rest, and will look for
that and considerable enjoyment besides in
his yacht.
Mr.. Colt, who so promptly accepted MIR.
Bush's challenge, is the son OF the famous
inventor and manufacturer OF firearms and
lives at Hartford. His father left him an
enormous income and he spends it in way
in which he can derive the greatest enjoy
ment and comfort from it. He Is about
thirty years old, slenderly built and ner-
vously active in his movements. His
complexion is light, his eyes gray and rest
less and his side-whiskers sandy. He Is
the owner of several yachts, but the
Dauntless is his special pride and he Is
confident that she will be snugly en-
seoneed in Queenstown HarbOr hours, if
not DAYS, before the COrOnet. He will
make the voyage in her himself and
will be accompanied by Ernest Staples,
John II. Bird, the Secretary Of the New
York Yacht Club, who goes as the repre-
sentative OF Mr.. Bush, and one or two
friends, be sides two reporters. Mr.. Colts
representative on the COrOnet will be
J. n. Winslow, the owner OF the schooner
Agnes.
FAMOUS SHIPPERS.
Although Captain Samuel Samuels, who
will shape the course of the Dauntless in
the expected March gale, has lived fully
three score years and has been most OF that
time a Seaiaring man, he is still rs active
and full of vigor as many of the youngsters
who defy old age from perch on the sky
sail yard of clipper ship. He has beenso
much at sea tn he is thoroughly salted, as
the expression goes, and has sailed IN near
ly every description of vessel that ever
iloated. lie first gained celebrity through
his connection with Governor f. ID. Nor
gan's famous clipper ship, the Dread
nOught, which made 50 many fast trips
across the Atlantic that she acquired
the reputation of being rs fleet as steam
ship.
Since leaving the DreadnOught, Captain
Samuels has been identified principally
with ocean yachting. 1t was he who sailed
the Henrietta when she beat the Fleetwlng
and Yesta in the race from Sandy Hook to
the Needles in 1866. He was also engaged
by James Gordon Bennett to command the
Danntless in her race with the Cambria IN
1870. That the Dauntless was second in
this contest is said TO have been more the
fault of the owner than the sailing master,
since the former persisted in carrying ont
his ideas in regard to course and sails when
Captain Samuels was resting III his cabin.
Much confidence is placed IN Captain
Samuels' Judgment and thorough kuowl-
edge Of winds and currents in the Atlantic,
and when it was known that he would
command the Dauntless in the coming. race
she Immediately became q favorite with
betting men.
Captain c. p. Crosby, who will guide
the COronet to Queenstown HarbOr, Is
familiar with every bit of timber and
eve piece of metal in the craft. He
assisted in preparing her model, Jealous
" watching every detail of hes cOnstruc-
ton, and Is proud of the fact that be IS
master OF n boat that suits him in every
particular from stem TO stern. The cap
tain has been in Mr.. Bush's employ for
four years, and has unlimited authority
TO contract for what he wishes for the
Yacht. He is q well-built, muscular look
Ing man of about fifty years and looks
every inch sailor. He has sharp blue
eye, which is capable of many express
sions, and when he is in quizzical mood
rather betrays his Yankee origin. He is
a native OF EastpOrt, Me-, and has been at
sea sinch he was a child. He has sailed
in all styles of vessels and has had enough
remarkable experience to till library.
Among his perilOus undertakings which
are pointed to as guarantees of his grit,
are the sailing of a small tugboat from
New York to Cape Town and cat-boat
from Boston to Bermuda.